Swimming Pool
On the surface, all is calm.
CrimeThrillerdying and deathdaughterlondon, englandcountrysidebased on novel or booksubwaygenerations conflictprovencecountry housewritinginnkeeperswimming pool
A psychologically complex erotic thriller that blurs reality and fiction, using a summer house setting and generational tension to explore desire, mortality, and the unreliable nature of narrative itself.
A British crime novelist travels to her publisher's upmarket summer house in Southern France to seek solitude in order to work on her next book. However, the unexpected arrival of the publisher's daughter induces complications and a subsequent crime.
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